In the movie I am Sam Directed by Jessie Nelson, Sam is a mentally disabled father who has intercourse with a homeless woman. This homeless woman had a baby and ended up abandoning it. This leaves Sam to raise Lucy. But Sam didn’t exactly do it on his own, he got the help of his neighbor who helped raise Lucy while he was at work. Sam is not fit to be a parent of Lucy. Sam should keep custody of Lucy, one reason for that is that the preference of the child is to stay with Sam. Sam is also able to care for Lucy now more effectively because he has a larger apartment. Even though Sam has supposedly “hit” another child that is not in the Grounds for Terminating Parental Rights. For my first reason of why Lucy should stay with Sam is that the preference of Lucy is to stay with Sam. The whole reason for this hoopla is to give the child what’s best for them. In my opinion, it is not best to tear the child away from her father who she still accepts as her father. Even though Lucy said she was …show more content…
However even though this apartment is still considered small it is closer to Lucy’s school. Sam also has a large amount of dogs which can teach Lucy about companionship. Sam is now working multiple jobs therefore he is making more money so Lucy can get new toys and what not. This new apartment can also be a symbol of a new beginning for Sam’s new life of responsibilities. For my third reason I will be explaining why Sam has done any of the things listed in Grounds for Terminating Parental Rights. Therefore Lucy should not be taken away from him. Even though he supposedly “hit” a child, that is not listed in the Grounds for Terminating Parental Rights. It states if they hit their own child. Sam does not do drugs or anything and has never harmed Lucy. Sam wants what’s best for her which is why he is the perfect fit to be her
Although, father is the person that provides care and protection to their children with Josie it is different. She has an unnecessary childhood which she is facing with discrimination and illegitimacy.
and cannot have is a child of her own. When she hears of the mother’s
The desire for “home,” or identity, within Lily is the driving force that led her to find the pink house and the Calendar Sisters. This new physical and spiritual “home” that Lily finds illuminates the larger meaning of the novel, which is acceptance and identity, and displays where she truly belongs.
signifies to evade the realities of her life and the life of Janie. When Nanny
“I told Lori about my escape fund, the seventy-five dollars I’d saved. From now on, I said, it would be our joint fund. We’d take on extra work after school and put everything we earned into a piggy bank. Lori would take it to New York and use it to get established, so that by the time I arrived, everything would be set.”(223) Lori and Jeannette work to earn money so they can leave. They named the piggy bank that they keep their money in Oz because New York City seems like The Emerald City to them. The two sisters went through so many struggles growing up they are determined to leave Welch and begin a new and better life. “ ‘I’ll never get out of here,’ Lori kept saying. ‘I’ll never get out of here.’ ‘You will,’ I said. ‘I swear it.’ I believed she would. Because I knew that if Lori never got out of Welch, neither would I.” (229). Lori and Jeannette have had a tough childhood and they need to escape Welch. They know that if they stay in Welch their life will always be full of challenges. New York is their escape from a life full of hardships and challenges. “I wondered if he was hoping that his favorite girl would come back, or if he was hoping that, unlike him, she would make it out for good.” (241). When Jeannette leaves her dad lost hope. He has always let his kids down and New York City is their escape. New York City represents their freedom. Their freedom from a life full of
...he story with the various characters. Melinda’s acquaintance, Heather works hard at finding friends and becoming popular, but in the end she turns away from Melinda. The story is about the high school years. Many times when we are growing up we can’t wait to get there because we will be treated as adults, but the truth is the problems that come along when we are older can be difficult. The various clans of students help present the theme by showing us that there are many different types of people. The popular cheerleaders, the jocks, the geeks and those who are just trying to fit in. Melinda transforming the janitor’s closet symbolizes her hiding her feelings and Melinda’s inability to speak and tell people what happened to her. High school can be fun but unfortunately through the eyes of Melinda it was a very hard time.
It previously belonged to Kathy’s father and she is reluctant to relinquish possession of it. Then there is the Behranis, a Persian family who were forced to flee to America in fear of their lives. They want the house because it symbolizes their rise from poverty (they had to leave everything behind and were quite poor when they arrived in the United States) back to affluence which, to this family, will help to restore their family’s dignity, lost when thrust into poverty. The story centers on gaining possession of the house. Unknowingly, all of these characters are doomed to tragedy by their inability to understand each other, hurtling down an explosive collision course.
Janie’s life with Joe fulfilled a need -- she had no financial worries and was more than set for life. She had a beautiful white home, a neat lawn and garden, a successful husband, and lots of cash. Everything was clean, almost too clean. A sense of restraint is present in this setting, and this relates to the work as a whole due to the fact that this is the epitome of unhappiness for Janie.
Elliot tells the story of Dasani, an eleven-year-old living with seven siblings, mother, and father all in one room in the Auburn Family Residence, a worn out city-run shelter for the homeless (Elliot). Auburn Family Residence is covered in mold, roaches, feces, and is where predators prey on small children (Elliot). Dasani takes care of her family, mostly her baby sister, making sure she can give her all she needs. Her parents, Chanel and Supreme, are dysfunctional, unemployed, and have a history of arrest and drugs abuse (Elliot). Although Dasani’s life is very tragic, she still has hope that not only she can make it out of this lifestyle, but also her family will be able to make it out as well. Even though Dasani is homeless, she still manages to go to Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts, where most students are black and live in the surrounding projects (Elliot). In this first part of Dasani’s life, Elliot describes how teachers believe that Dasani is intelligent, even though she sometimes gets in trouble. Since her parents are unemployed, on a good month they receive around a few hundred dollars, but never seem to make it last (Elliot). Not only does this story include very descriptive details about Dasani’s life, but it also includes unsatisfactory descriptive pictures of Dasani’s home and school. In this mini-series, Elliot was open to a lot of criticism because of how she depicts Dasani's life. (Add another or two sentence about
is not like Caroline. By the end of the movie Sam learns a valuable lesson about being her own person and even gets the guy along the way.
For the next few years, Ella struggles to raise her children in Memphis, Tennessee. Her long hours of work leave her little time to supervise Richard and his brother. Not surprisingly, Richard gets into all sorts of trouble, spying on people in outhouses and becoming a regular at the local saloonand an alcoholicby the age of six. Ella's worsening health prevents her from raising two children by herself and often leaves her unable to work. During these times, Richard does whatever odd jobs a child can do to bring in some money for the family. School is hardly an option for him. At one point, the family's troubles are so severe that Ella must place her children in an orphanage for a few weeks.
After getting the apartment on 116th Street, Lutie didn’t know what her next step would be. She didn’t know how long she would stay there. They had just enough money to pay rent, buy food and clothes. Being locked into poverty enables Lutie to see a future.
Marie’s grandparent’s had an old farm house, which was one of many homes in which she lived, that she remembers most. The house was huge, she learned to walk, climb stairs, and find hiding places in it. The house had a wide wrap around porch with several wide sets of stairs both in front and in back. She remembers sitting on the steps and playing with one of the cats, with which there was a lot of cats living on the farm...
When watching Lucy in “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!”, she seems like an awful sister at first. She seems mean and bossy, but I agree that she is a still caring sister. She might have been annoyed by her little brother, but she tried to do what was best for him. This is something that I see a lot within Saint Dominic Academy. You would think that people who are together almost everyday would get upset with the other person every now and then. In a way, this is correct. All of us at Saint Dominic Academy may have our ups and downs, but we still treat each other like sisters. Siblings and sisters fight, but they still care for each other. That is what sisterhood is all about, and Lucy is a good example of that! She gives her brother
minded and chose to bring up the child on her own with out the help of